What are off-site restaurants not to be missed?

[jersey shark]

Nothin like talking about good food...

Here are our faves for off-site chain dining in the Orlando area (some of these you may have at home; price rating gives you a general sense of the cost)

* Steak & Shake, Rally's, & Checkers for great burgs! $
* Chik-Fil-A (great chicken caesar wraps) $
* Bahama Breeze (incredible food!...as you'd expect tropical-themed) $$$
* Landry's Seafood (playground right outside) $$$
* TGIFridays (especially the Jack Daniels menu & Cajun Fried Chicken Salad) $$
* Carraba's (a nice upscale version of Olive Garden) $$$
* for ribs (Tony Roma's, Damons, or Bennigans) $$$
* for a phenom'l salad bar...Sweet Tomatoes $$
* for comfort food (chicken pot pies etc...) Cracker Barrel $$
* Cheesecake Factory (everyone should go at least once...world's most eclectic menu) $$$
* ...worth a splurge...steaks at Ruth's Chris, Shula's, Morton's or Charley's, Victoria & Alberts inside the Grand Floridian, The Dining Room @ the new Ritz Carlton (all of these $$$$$)

 

[Immelman]

sweet tomatoes and bonefish grill.

 

[GlennandAnn]

A little bit of a drive down 192, but my wife and I are huge fans of Kissimmee Steak Company. Its located by the Astros Spring Training Facility.

Glenn

 

[Muffy]

I've heard Sweet Tomatoes is great.

 

[Figment22]

I've heard Sweet Tomatoes is great.

You've heard correctly! Our whole family loves Sweet Tomatoes. I wish we had one close to our home.

 

[zippeedee]

We really liked the Crab House on I-drive. I think it's owned by Landry's. They had an amazing seafood buffet and the regular entrees were really good too. I got coconut shrimp that was SO good! You can add things like crab claws to any meal for a reasonable price too.

 

[Lorix2]

Here's another vote for Tony Romas, it's a must do every trip too, our kids insist on it. You can view their menu online too. We've had wonderful service there too.